Dyeing-machine.



J. BENOSGH.

DYEING MAGHINE.

APPLICATION 11.21) 14112.9, 1914.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

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J. BBNOSOH.

DYEING MACHINE.

APPLICATION TILED MAR.9,1914.

1,121,064. Patented Dec. 15,1914.

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WITNESSES: IN VE IV TOR A TTOHNEYS u T STATES JOSEPH BENOSCH, 0FAMSTERDAM, DYEING MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK.

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DYEIN G-MACHIN E.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15,1914.

Application filed March 9, 1914. Serial No. 823,496.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr BENOSOH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1nDyeing-Machines, of which the followmg is a full, clear, and exactdescription, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to dyeing apparatus and the like. i 1

One of the objects thereof is to provide simple, durableand reliablemeans for securing in operative position supporting sticks or likedevices for dyeing machines.

Another object is to provide means of the above type adapted for'rapidand con venient manipulation.

Other objects will be in part obvious, and in part pointed outhereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope ofthe application of which will be indicated inthe following claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein are shown one or more of variouspossible embodiments of the several features .of this invention, Figure1 is a diagrammatic elevation of a portion of a rotary carrier andassociated parts; Fig. 2 is a side view of stick supporting andretaining mechanism; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the linesa2-w of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view of a springretracting device;

and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a slightly different form ofsupporting and retainmg mechanism.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views of the drawings.

Referring now to Fig. there is shown a pair of rotary carriers orspiders 1 and 2 mounted upon the shaft 3 in the well-known manner. Theillustrative embodiment of this invention here described shows itsadaptation to a skein dyeing machine of a well-known type, comprising a1 of the drawings,

pair of rotary carriers between and upon which are supported dye sticksradially disposed in pairs about the carrier for supporting yarn and thelike.

Certain features of this invention are obviously adaptable for use inother relations, and it is to be noted that the term dyeing as hereinused is intended to have a broad significance as comprehending analogousoperations, such as washing and the like.

The sticks 4 are supported upon carrier 2 by ratchet devices 5 driven bystar wheels 6, this mechanism being here indicated diagrammatically, asits details form no part of the present invention. The remaining ends ofsticks & rest within the cups or sockets 7 which are concentricallydisposed aboutthe shaft 8. Each of these sockets is rigidly held inposition and provided with a lip or extension 8 for a purposehereinafter described. Coacting with a plurality of these sockets, inthis instance three, is a slide 9 which rests within the flange 10 ofthe carrier andis held against the web 11 of the carrier by rivet pins12 passing through slots 13 and secured in pairs to caps or retainingdevices 14, one for each of the cups 7. Each of the retaining caps 14:is provided with an extension or lip 15, which is flared with respect tothe lip 8 upon the cup 7.

It is to be understood that the term cup is here used broadly to denoteany analogous form of supporting device.

In the use of this apparatus, the squared ends of the stick 16 are firstinserted within the squared sockets in lips 15 and then the rounded ends17 are swung or forced laterally between the lips 15 and 8 of theopposite cup and retaining devices 7 and 14. The part 141' is then movedlaterally away from its position over cups 7 to permit the round end ofthe stick to pass into the socket, this movement being resisted by aspring 18, which is secured as by screw or rivet 19 to the flange 10 atone end, and the opposite end to a lug 20 upon the slide 9. As the stickend 17 reaches a position within the socket 7 this spring snaps theslide with associated parts back into their normal position, and thenext stick may be inserted is preferably within the next cup 7 in asimilar manner. The single spring 18 thus serves to retain in operativeposition a plurality of looking devices, working with full effectivenessin each device, and hence the number of required'springs is reduced to asmall fraction of that usually employed, and at the same time themachine is simplified and cheapenedp When it is desired to remove thestick, each cap or retaining device may readily'be forced away from thecorresponding cup by means of lug or lip 15, and the stick removed. Inthis manner the machine may be quickly loaded and unloaded, and yet thesticks are firmly held in position, for no outward movement tends toslide the caps into a position to permit accidental release,-and eventhe rotary movement of the sticks has no such tendency upon thesesliding caps.

, In Fig. 5 of the drawings is shown a slightly different embodiment ofcertain features of this invention, in which the cups 21 are muchshorter and the caps 22 are correspondingly lengthened, and providedwith the lips or extensions 23 as well as ing, however,

jacent edgeof the cup.

The mounting of these caps is identical with those above described, andthe loading of the stick within the sockets is closely similar. Theunloadis accomplished by a lateral swing of the stick in the samedirection in which itventered the cup, that is, the direction'indicatedby the arrow 25, the stick passing out between the lip 23 and the ad-In, this manner the speed and convenience of removing the sticks issomewhat enhanced.

It will thus be seen apparatus in which the several ob ects of thisinvention are achieved and which is well adapted to hardest practicaluse without deterioration or breakage of the parts. I As many changescould be made in the above construction, and many apparently widelydifferent embodiments of this invention could be made without departingfrom the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in theabove description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall beinterpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. 7 I

It is also to be understood that the language used in the followingclaims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features ofthe invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of theinvention which, as a matter of language, might be said to falltherebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

lips 9A. substantially 1. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in

that there is provided meet the conditions of they a plurality of sticksupportcombination,

a plurality of devices respecing devices,

tively coacting with said first devices to retain said sticks therein,and a single spring urging said retaining devices toward operativeposition.

2. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a plurality. of..cups, each adapted to receive and support the end of a stick, aplurality of devices respectively 00- 4. In dyeing apparatus or thelike, in-

combination, a rotary carrier'for sticks, a supporting cup upon saidcarr er, and a spring retracted slide adapted to permit the end of astick to be forced laterally within said cup. a

5. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in combination, a rotary carrier, asupporting cup on said carrier and opening away from the axis of saidcarrier, a member slidably mounted upon said carrierand adapted in oneposition to retain a stickwithin said cup, said member beingprovidedfwith a lateral extension adapted to be engaged the, end of thestick as it is forcedwithin said cup.

6. Indyeing apparatus or the like, in combination,.a carrier, aplurality of supporting cups mounted upon said carrier each adapted toreceive and support the end of a stick, a slide upon said carrier, aplurality of devices upon said slide respectivelycoacting with said cupsand adapted to permit. a stick to be forced laterally within said cups,and a single spring urging said devices into operative relation to saidcups.

7. In combination, a carrier, supporting devices upon said carrier,rality of devices said first devices to retain said sticks therein andprovided with extensions adapted to be engaged by the ends of the sticksas they.

a plua plurality of stick respectively coacting' with are forcedlaterally within said cups, and a single spring urging said retainingdevices toward opposite position.

8. In dyeing apparatus or the like, in

combination, a rotary carrier,-a plurality of each of said cups and thecorresponding re- In testimony whereof I afiix my signataining devicebeing respectively provided ture, in the presence of two Witnesses. Withextended portions adapted to receive JOSEPH BENOSCH therebetween the endof a stick, and a single 5 spring urging said slide toward a positionWitnesses:

in which said retaining devices are in opera- R. W. EMERSON, tiverelation to said cups. NELLm A. GREEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe commissioner of latents, Washington, D. 0.

